Winged lynx Russian sculptor look after the order in London – NTV.ru

The wild grinning, 11-foot winged cat dominates the area in the heart of London close to Buckingham Palace, reports NTV correspondent Anton Wolski . The artist worked on the sculpture for more than two years. Inspiration he learned in the skull lynx donated once Siberian hunters. Cast in bronze statue was originally created as a gift to Tatarstan, but there is the appearance of an angry cat caused a scandal.

London turned out to be more compliant. Here, the “keeper” has taken pride of place at the Arc de Triomphe, where every day it will see tens of thousands of people.

Audrey Lewis , the Mayor of London’s Westminster, “I admit, I was not afraid of this sculpture but I think this area needs a good long-Baby ».

The area Marble Arch a few years ago was chosen by Romanian gypsies. The police regularly raids here, but the Gypsies always come back. Perhaps glare cruise lynx would effectively police sweeps.

At this point, the sculpture will stay for about a year. Thereafter, as created by its hopes, it will be sent back to where to be set from the beginning, ?? Tatarstan.